Cracked Archive - Weird World

5 Criminals Who Were Hilariously Good at Escaping Jail
You're never sure if you should admire their brazen creativity, or just make sure you never live too close to a prison.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Charlie Fox
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5 Conspiracy Theories You Won't Believe (Really Happened)
History is chock-full of real conspiracies even crazier than Oliver Stone's fever dreams.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , E.M. Caris
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5 Things You Don't Know About Strippers (Until You Are One)
Despite the venerable legacy of this career, and the utter ubiquity of strip clubs in our modern cityscapes, most people know very little about the realities of dancing naked.
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- By Robert Evans, Amanda Mannen, Meredith, Emily, Salvatore, Layne, Laura, Zooey, Helen
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6 Nobodies Who Turned Into Action Heroes Without Warning
Real action hero shit happens every day ... and doesn't even require action heroes to make it happen.
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- By Zachary Frey
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6 Tiny Paperwork Screw-Ups That Ruined Random People's Lives
If you feel like the government is bending you over, take solace in the fact that your situation could be worse.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Insane Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Someone
You're now a trenchcoat away from being Sherlock Holmes.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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5 Desperate People Who Hacked Junk Into Lifesaving Devices
Money makes the world go round. But when those filthy little portraits of dead white dudes become scarce, people rely instead on the true wealth of the human race: ingenuity.
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- By Sam Jackson, Ivan Farkas
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5 BS Health Myths People Still Believe (Thanks to One Guy)
It only took one high-profile 'expert' to convince millions of people this B.S. was true.
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- By R. Jason Benson, Joseph Joyce, Charles Angstrom
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17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped (Part 14)
It's time again for another installment of our most popular feature, in which we find the most fake-looking shit on the Internet and explain that it's totally real.
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- By Joe Russo
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6 True Stories to Make Sane People Believe in Xmas Miracles
These are all complete real Christmas stories that should come with a Surgeon General's warning because they'll make your heart grow three sizes.
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- By Robin Warder
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12 Horrific Implications of the Most Famous Christmas Song
For anyone but the richest among us, being saddled with the gifts of the 'The 12 Days of Christmas' could very well destroy your life.
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- By Adam Tod Brown, James Coquillat
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6 Real Places on Earth Straight Out of a Fantasy Novel
Every once in a while the malevolent robot lords in charge of programming the shared illusion that is our world will slip up and let a chunk of broken code go through.
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- By Niko G
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Why Pulling 'The Interview' Proves We've All Become Cowards
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- By Robert Evans
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7 Great People With the Most Unfortunate Names Possible
We expect a cool guy to have an equally cool name. In real life, well, things don't always work out that way ...
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- By Eric Yosomono, Chris Berglund, Cathal McGuigan, Ed Stevens
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6 Things People Get Wrong About the Bible's Christmas Story
We never knew the story of Christmas to begin with.
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- By Michael Voll
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